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8th Grade History: US History May 11th – May 15th 8th Grade History: US History May 11th – May 15th Time Allotment: 30 minutes per day Mr. Maiorano’s Guided Instruction via Zoom: Period 1: Monday and Wednesday from 10:00am – 10:50am Period 2: Monday and Wednesday from 11:00am – 11:50am Period 6: Tuesday and Thursday from 1:00pm – 1:50pm Mr. Growdon’s Guided Instruction via Zoom: Period 3: Monday and Wednesday from 1:00pm – 1:50pm Period 4: Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00am – 10:50am Student Name: ________________________________ Teacher Name: ________________________________ 1 8th Grade History: US History May 11th – May 15th Packet Overview Date Objective(s) Page Number Monday, 1. Explain why the South sought to secede from the Union 2 May 11th Tuesday, 1. Explain the cause of the Civil War, according to Lincoln. 7 May 12th Wednesday, 1. Explain the Lincoln views the Union going forward after the Civil 12 May 13th War. Thursday, 1. Explain the Four Causes of the United States. 17 May 14th Friday, 1. Quiz: 21 May 15th Additional Notes: The Civil War is here! We will view the Civil War through the eyes of Abraham Lincoln, and end our year with an investigation into the Four Causes of the United States of America. Thank you for an awesome year! Academic Honesty I certify that I completed this assignment I certify that my student completed this independently in accordance with the GHNO assignment independently in accordance with Academy Honor Code. the GHNO Academy Honor Code. Student signature: Parent signature: ___________________________ ____________________________ 2 8th Grade History: US History May 11th – May 15th Monday, May 4th History Unit: “The Civil War” Lesson 1: “Secession and War Unit Overview: Objective: Be able to do this by the end of this lesson. 1. Explain why the South decided to secede from the Union. Introduction to Lesson 1: At this incredible moment in our history, Southern states secede from the Union and form a new nation called “The Confederate States of America”. Their new President is Mr. Jefferson Davis. Newly elected President Abraham Lincoln must respond to the seceding states. He swore an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution,” and therefore, is prepared to do what is necessary to ensure that the Union remains intact. In this textbook chapter, you will look at why the Southerners decided to secede. In the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, States were permitted to vote on the slavery question which pleased slave owners, but troubled abolitionists. Stephen Douglas’ “Popular Sovereignty” idea of allowing states to decide on the slavery question proved only a temporary solution. Compromises were no longer able to please both northerners and Southerners. As Lincoln says in his second Inaugural Address, “the war came…” Jefferson wrote in his Letter to John Holmes, Regarding the “Slavery Question”, “… as it is, we have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other…” The Civil War causes the United States to let go of the wolf of slavery. Plan of Attack: A. Read P. 489 – 493 (IMB, GQs, RPCs, FCs) B. Map Work C. Civil War Images D. USH SS: Mr. Maiorano’s Thoughts on Secession. The Civil War begins on April 12, 1861 with the Battle of Fort Sumter, and ends with Lee’s Surrender at a courthouse in Appomattox, VA on April 9th, 1865. 3 8th Grade History: US History May 11th – May 15th Challenge 17.3 – “Secession and War” 1. Parties and their Presidential Nominations in the A. Stephen Douglas Election of 1860: B. John C. Breckinridge A. Northern Democrats nominated who? C. John Bell B. Southern Democrats nominated who? D. Abraham Lincoln C. Constitutional Unionists nominated who? D. Republicans nominated who? 2. Who won the Election of 1860? Which Party Abraham Lincoln won the Election; he is part of the Republican Party. 3. What did the Republicans promise to do regarding Republicans promised not to stop slavery where it already existed? slavery where it already existed. 4. True or False: Southern States did not trust True Republicans to protect their right to slavery 5. Which state was the first to secede on December South Carolina 20th , 1860? 6. What is the vocabulary word for “withdrawal” Secession from the union? 7. By February 1861, which states joined South Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Carolina to secede from the union? Alabama, Florida, and Georgia 8. What was the name of the new nation? Who was Confederate States of America; elected their President? Jefferson Davis was their President. 9. Write out the definition of “States’ Rights”. The idea that state should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states. Think Amendment #10. 10. True or False: Southern States defined the True Constitution as union voluntarily entered into as a contract among independent states. 11. Using the Map “Seceding States” on page 491, Arkansas, Tennessee, North which states joined the Confederacy after the siege Carolina, and Virginia at the Battle of Fort Sumter? 12. What did Lincoln promise or vow to do with He vowed to protect them and Federal forts in the South? enforce the Laws of the United States. 13. What did Lincoln promise to Governor Francis He promised to send unarmed Pickens of South Carolina? group to the fort with supplies, and would not fire unless provoked. 14. Which side shot first: Union or Confederacy? C onfederacy 15. After the loss of Fort Sumter, what did Lincoln He called for Federal Troops. The decide to do? Civil War begins. Use answer key / Mr. Maiorano’s Thoughts on google classroom to make corrections with red pen! 4 8th Grade History: US History May 11th – May 15th Figure 1-General Robert E. Lee, Commander of Figure 2- General Ulysses S. Grant, Commander of the Confederate Army the Union Army starting March 4, 1864. In our classroom, this famous painting hangs on the back left of the room. This painting is George P.A. Healy’s “The Peacemakers” made in 1868. WATCH MR. MAIORANO’S VIDEO TO LEARN MORE! 5 8th Grade History: US History May 11th – May 15th A way to look at Secession and the Union: Contractual Obligation OR Covenantal Commitment When the 13 Colonies joined together at that Original Moment to form the Union did they enter into a Contractual Union or into a Covenantal Union? Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy see that Union as a Contractual Union that may be dissolved when the Union is no longer needed or no longer fulfilling the Original terms. Analogy: Marriage with possibility of divorce. Lincoln and the United States see the Union as a Covenantal Union, meaning a perpetual connection that is indissoluble since the aim is to fulfill Final Cause of Preamble and Declaration of Independence. Analogy: Marriage without the possibility of divorce. Figure 1- Union Army General Ulysses S. Grant (on the left) shakes hands with Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee (on the right) at in a courthouse in Appomattox, Virginia. It is here where the Confederate Army surrenders to the Union Army. The date is April 9th, 1865. 6 8th Grade History: US History May 11th – May 15th Tuesday, May 12th History Unit: The Civil War through the eyes of Lincoln. Lesson 2: Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address Unit Overview: Manifest Destiny Objective: Be able to do this by the end of this lesson. 1. Explain the cause of the Civil war through Lincoln’s eyes. Lesson 2 Introduction: In response to the states seceding from the Union days after his election, Lincoln now gives his first Inaugural Address to a fractured country. Overall, Lincoln’s responsibility is to re-unite the Union and to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution”, and therefore, the Union. His first Inaugural Address seeks to calm the fear of seceding states, insuring them that he has no desire to remove slavery from where it currently and legally exists. He will not let it go into the new territories. Plan of Attack: A. USH PS: Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address B. USH RS: Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address USH PS: Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address (March 4th, 1861) Fellow-Citizens of the United States: In compliance with a custom as old as the Government itself, I appear before you to address you briefly and to take in your presence the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States to be taken by the President before he enters on the execution of this office."… Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that-- I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so. 7 8th Grade History: US History May 11th – May 15th Those who nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that I had made this and many similar declarations and had never recanted them… …It is seventy-two years since the first inauguration of a President under our National Constitution.